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Visakhapatnam: A bride collapsed just before the groom got ready to tie the nuptial knot during the wedding ceremony at Madhurawada here on Wednesday evening. The wedding reception of Srujana and Sivaji was held at 7 p.m. in the evening which was followed by the marriage ritual. However, during the ceremony, Srujana collapsed suddenly. She […]
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Amaravati: In a shocking incident in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district, a minor Dalit girl was repeatedly gang-raped by a youth and his friends, impregnating her. The minor was making a living by begging near a place of worship in Proddatur town after the death of her mother. A youth along with his friends had been sexually […]
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Visakhapatnam: Rains accompanied by squally winds continued in parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh on Thursday even as cyclonic storm Asani weakened into depression after making a landfall last night. After crossing the coast between Machilipatnam and Narsapur, Asani weakened into deep depression. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), the deep depression remained practically stationary during […]
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Visakhapatnam: An unidentified woman delivered a baby boy on the train and left it in the toilet. According to the railway authorities here, the woman delivered the baby in the toilet of III AC coach of Dhanbad-Allepy Bokaro express at around 8.25 a.m. on Wednesday and left the baby in the wash basin of the […]
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Amaravati: Jana Sena Party of film actor Pawan Kalyan got a severe jolt with its top leader and former chairman of the party’s political affairs committee Madasu Gangadharam quitting the ranks to join the ruling YSR Congress Party. Gangadharam met Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Tuesday at Tadepalli here to join YSRCP in the […]
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Amaravati: A court in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor town on Wednesday granted bail to former minister P. Narayana in the 10th class question paper leak case. Narayana, who was taken into custody by Chittoor police from his residence in Hyderabad on Tuesday, brought him to the town late in the night. He was taken to the […]
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Hyderabad: In an astonishing occurrence, a golden chariot washed ashore at Sunnapalli Sea Harbour in Srikakulam on Tuesday leaving the locals in awe. For the last couple of days just ahead of Cyclone Asani, the sea has been rough with big waves forming every now and then. Officials suspect the chariot might have washed away […]
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New Delhi: The Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Asani’ weakened into Cyclonic Storm overnight and lay centred off Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday morning with the IMD issuing warning for the coastal areas there. It weakened into a Cyclonic Storm at 2.30 a.m., the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The Cyclonic Storm Asani over westcentral Bay of Bengal moved […]
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Amaravati: The severe cyclonic storm formed in the Bay of Bengal ‘Asani’ has changed its course. Initially it was thought that the cyclone would cross the coast between north Andhra and Odisha state but it is now found moving menacingly towards Machilipatnam where it is expected to cross the coast by Wednesday evening bringing heavy […]
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Amaravati: Former minister and owner of Narayana educational institutions Ponguru Narayana was arrested in Hyderabad on Tuesday morning. CID police of Andhra Pradesh took him into custody at his residence in Kondapur in Hyderabad in connection with the leakage of Tenth class question papers in Andhra Pradesh. The question papers were leaked from the Narayana […]
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Hyderabad: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) have temporarily suspended certain weekly sevas performed inside the hill temple of Lord Venkateswara to provide more darshan hours to common devotees. The weekly sevas such as ‘Astadala Padapadmaradana’ performed on Tuesday, ‘Thiruppavada’ (Thursday), and ‘Nijapada Darsanam’ (Friday) will be suspended till June 30. As the summer vacations are […]
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New Delhi: The Severe Cyclonic Storm Asani over westcentral and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards at a speed of 5 kmph through the night bringing heavy rainfall at places along the Andhra Pradesh coast. On Tuesday, at 5:30 a.m., it lay centred over west central Bay of Bengal about 300 kms southeast of […]
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Amaravati: A software engineer in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore district on Monday shot dead his lover and later killed himself with the same weapon. The shocking incident occured at Tatiparti in Podalakuru mandal. M. Suresh Reddy shot dead Kavya, also a techie, and later turned the gun on himself to end his life. The couple was […]
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Eluru: State BJP president Somu Veerraju has said that his party was clear on poll pacts in Andhra Pradesh. Talking to reporters here on Monday, he remarked that BJP had ‘pact with people’ and if required, it would have poll agreement with the Jana Sena Party of film actor Pawan Kalyan. Asked if the Telugu […]
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradeshs ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) may once again bail out the BJP-led NDA, which appears to be trailing behind the opposition by about 2 per cent votes in the Presidential elections scheduled in July. Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) are the two parties which have always […]
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Hyderabad: The devotees coming to Tirumala for the darshan of Sri Venkateswara Swamy are not supposed to carry other faith signs, deities, person’s photos, political party flags etc. According to a release issued on Saturday, this rule has been under implementation since several decades in TTD. “But some devotees unaware and unmindful of this regulation […]
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Anakapalle: A six year old minor girl was raped by next door neighbour on Thursday night. According to the parents of the girl, she and her elder sister went out to answer calls of nature after midnight. The latter informed her parents that someone had abducted her younger sister. Then, they, along with other neighbours, […]
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Srikakulam: Four of a family in Elamanchili village in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district attempted self-immolation in which a woman and her daughter succumbed while her other daughter and son sustained severe burns on Thursday morning, police said. According to police, a property dispute in the family could have been the reason for the extreme step. […]
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Visakhapatnam: City police on Thursday refused permission to former Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu for visiting the Haritha Resorts in Rushikonda in the city where a tourism project work was going on. The vehicles of his team were stopped on the national highway near Yendada junction which drew strong […]
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Tirupati: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has observed that the incidents of tenth class question paper leakage was resorted to only to tarnish the image of his popular government and the leakage was done from Narayana and Sri Chaitanya colleges. Addressing a function during which he released ‘Jagananna Vidyadeevena’ funds here on Thursday, he said […]
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Home Minister T Vanitha has come under severe attack from the opposition for her statement that “certain incidents happen rather unwittingly” regarding a recent rape case even as Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday claimed that those involved in such sexual assault cases belonged only to the Telugu Desam […]
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Amaravati: In another shocking incident in Andhra Pradesh, the body of an eight-year-old boy was carried on a motorcycle by his relatives after an ambulance driver refused to carry the same. The incident occurred in Nellore district on Wednesday and came to light on Thursday after a video went viral on social media. A person […]
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Visakhapatnam: Industries minister Gudivada Amarnath has alleged that the previous Telugu Desam Party government had resorted to a Rs.120 crore scam in the AP State Fibernet Ltd. Inaugurating a new branch of the APSFL near Andhra University here on Wednesday, he said that he was sure former Chandrababu Naidu had a hand in the scam […]
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Visakhapatnam: City police busted an international human trafficking case with the arrest of two persons and rescued a woman belonging to Bangladesh. Deputy Commissioner of Police Sumit Sunil said here on Wednesday that a woman, Beesetti Dhanalakshmi, 37, was running a brothel house in the water tank area near Pendurthi for some time. She has […]
